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Eucryphia

Dear Dave
At least 7 different varieties are blooming in the country garden right now.
Size of bloom varies from one to the other - but all are fairly slim growing
[ the eucryphias we have were planted over the last 10 years, they have
reached a good size, possible 7-8ft in some varieties, those planted in the
beginning,] but in the town garden I only have one and it was planted possible
20 years ago and is still only 5ft high.
The trees in the country garden have been flowering for at least a month
now and are still covered in lovely white butterflies.   Part of the charm
of the blooms are the long stamens, in some varieties these are pink and the
time when they give us pleasure.   March is not my favourite time in the
gardens, Autumn colour
not quite there and the Asters, dahlias, euphorbias getting long and untidy
in the
borders.   Then I walk up the grass path to the collection of Eucryphias and I
have to think then, "Now here is a place to pause for a while!"
Here is a list of a few of the varieties I grow:
E.cordilfolia. Chilean evergreen with large white flowers in late summer.
above x intermedia. Beautiful, white fragrant flowers, summer and autumn
lucida. Tassie endemic.Fragrant. Summer.  A pink form of lucida was discovered
by my favourite nursery man in the wilderness of SW Tasmania and is now
being distributed overseas [Hilliers in England bought 30 small trees several
years ago].  Two forms of this - Ballerina, large flowers, soft pink flowers
with deep edging to the flower and a cluster of crimson stamens and the other
"Gilt Edge" the first to be released in 1991, leaves at base of branch and twigs
are trifoliate.   Foliage edged with gold variagation.  Mine are 3-4 ft with a
few flowers.
milliganii - Tas endemic, smaller flowers and leaves
x nymanensis "Nymansay" hybrid between 2 S American species
x "Penwith [lucida x cordifolia] Pure white flowers as lucida but larger
purple tipped stamens.

Eucryphia lucida & milliganii - Tasmanian -"leatherwood" from which our
famous leatherwood honey is made,a very strong, bush tasting honey,is
confined naturally
to areas of high rain fall and low fire frequency.  
Prefer semi shade but will not gasp with more sunshine.   I grow them under
an arched old apple tree walk [our country garden was made from an old orchard
and I have kept these apple tree for sentimental reasons] with sp.
Rhododendrons.
I presume they do not mind root competition as they are all doing so well,
nor do the Rhododendrons seem to resent them.   I also have Kalmias growing
there which
have never flowered [Why?] so obviously they prefer acid soil.   Generalizing,
most Aussie natives do not relish a too sweet soil
If you can handle jpg files I could send you a photo.
Regards,
Gay Klok Hobart Tasmania & "Kibbenjelok" Middleton Tasmania
Home page : http://members.tripod.com/~klok/WRINKLY_.HTM
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